Michael C. Hall

Looking to rent a scary movie for Halloween that also happens to have a local tie? Step right up for two pictures that aren't stereotypical horror films but rather spook-fests that cut a little deeper and promise to haunt your dreams a little longer. Even though "Dragonwyck" is housed in a box called "Fox Horror Classics Vol. 2" (1946, Fox, unrated, $20), the chiller is less a scary movie than a Gothic romance. The directorial debut of the Wilkes-Barre native Joseph L. Mankiewicz is full of eerie moments, and even a murder or two. Gene Tierney stars as a God-fearing Connecticut farm girl who leaves her home to go live with her wealthy cousin (Vincent Price)...

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BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, N.C., on this date in 1971. This birthday guy has played the title serial killer in the series "Dexter" since. Hall also starred as David Fisher on the series "Six Feet Under"...